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Here’s how the Italian Air Force has restructured to enhance its ability to face modern, terrorist threats
A QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) cell deployed to an airbase in the northwest; fighters flying with live weapons during training flights: this is how the Italian Air Force deals with modern threats a...
All Italian Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon units simultaneously deployed to Decimomannu
Eurofighter Typhoons, belonging to the 4°, 36° and 37° Stormo (Wing), the Italian Air Force units equipped with the European fighter jet recently deployed to Decimomannu to undertake air-to-ai...
First Eurofighter Typhoon jets in new unit markings at Trapani
The following pictures were taken by Michele Carrara at Trapani airbase, where the local based 18° Gruppo (Squadron) of the 37° Stormo (Wing) has recently been officially delivered the first Eu...
New Eurofighter Typhoon Squadron activated at Trapani airbase, Italy
Although it has not (officially) received its first plane yet, the 18° Gruppo (Squadron) of the 37° Stormo (Wing) at Trapani airbase, in Sicily, is the more recent Italian Air Force unit to ope...
Special feature: the most interesting pictures of the aircraft involved in Libya air war
On Oct. 31, at 23.59 Libyan Time, exactly 7 months after it began, NATO Operation Unified Protector has come to an end. Since the beginning of the Uprising and especially from Mar. 19, the Day ...
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained: Final Report
Previous debriefings: Archive Second and last part of the report can be found in this post: Top military aviation stories of 2011: drones up and downs, stealth projects exposed and Libya’s 7-mo...
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 138 – 161)
Tom Cooper has contributed to this report. Previous debriefings: Archive Unlike all the reports I’ve written since April, this one comes in days of renewed interest about the current situation ...
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 105 – 137)
Previous debriefings: Archive Latest update: on Aug. 3, at 10.40LT, a missile exploded 2 km from the Italian frigate Bersagliere, that was patrolling the sea some 15 miles off Libya. According to...
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 81 – 104)
Previous debriefings: Archive With the air campaign in Libya in progress for more than 100 days, I think it’s better to give the blog’s reader an extremely quick recap of the main political a...
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 68 – 80)
Previous debriefings: Archive As reported in the previous Debriefs, although not being as intense as one might expect, NATO air campaign may be slowly paying off. Thanks also to the coalition’s...
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 55 – 67)
Previous debriefings: Archive After more than two months of air campaign, Unified Protector seems to be making a slow progress across Libya, even if the air campaign is far from being decisive ag...
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 43 – 54)
Previous debriefings: Archive Not so many things have happened on the battlefield during the last days, when media were focused on the Osama Bin Laden raid and the famous Stealth Black Hawk. For ...
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 39 – 42)
Previous debriefings: Archive Even if analysts have defined it as a “stalemale”, the situation on the ground in Libya is far from being completely static as Gaddafi troops have stretched west...
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 36 – 38)
Previous debriefings: Archive The Easter weekend was characterized by some interesting updates about Unified Protector operation in Libya. First of all, Gaddafi’s forces withdrew from Misratah,...
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 35)
Previous debriefings: Archive Notice for my readers: please don’t expect the usual daily updates for the next few days. For sure, I’ll provide new updates after Easter but I’m still decidin...